prayed
past form of “pray” — address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
An inflected form of pray · past form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,928 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,612 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer pray to the Lord
- call upon in supplication; entreat also: beg, implore I beg you to stop!
prayed in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Before thou’st said, Before thou’st prayed, He knows thy inmost need.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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One did so, the other remained standing, but both prayed fervently.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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All through the night we knelt and prayed, Mad mourners of a corse!
Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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This she prayed him to devote to the furnishing of the necessary outfit for Gervaise.
A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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Why, he has had you prayed for publicly by name, and you washing the brute's feet!
The Eye of Zeitoon · Talbot Mundy · Chapter 1